The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
LIFE IN THE COUNTRY.
How Rich Young Couple Are Runnin,
n Long Island Farm

Long Island Farm.
Here's little picture of Long Island domes.
ITCHY, which an arts: sketched a few nights
ago i'll the back parlor of Fifth avenue
house. 1t is n free hand drawing, warranted
to bc true to life:
II hadn't seen George and Marie" he be-
gan, for just year, so l ran down to the
farm last week to surprise 'em and SEQ how
crops were doing"
George and Marie, it is time to remark, are
two young people who have seen some eigh-
teen months of matrimony. Georges father
is millionaire; Marie's is one three or four
times over, and the two old gentlemen played
practical joke OIL the young couple by per-
suadmg them to farm it down on Long Island
under certain conditions, which it is not
necessary to set forth here.
"The only crop l found" tho artist con-
tlnued, was an egg crop l got to the farm
at noon. Didn't see soul about the house;
went IN the front door OH tip toe; heard
noise like tae beating of biscuit in the
Kitchen; crept i'll there and found Marie her
white arms barred to the elbow, hanmering
away ut a great wad of dough with rolling
pm. George was OH his knees poking ut the
too much dough and SCOT.
"uhS we tIlo pOt DOlleu anu tno
bread baked, Mario opening the oven door
every half minute to see if the biscuit were
rising. A yellow turkey gobblcr walked into
the kitchen and picked up lump Of dough
from the table. He must have stood over
three feet when he raised his head.
"'Shoo-o- began, but Marie slapped
her pretty, dimpled, doughty hand over my
mouth.
"'Dear Cousin Charles, do not mind Dicky,'
she murnured; he has come i'll to layn
"Dick come i'll to lay!'
1.-THE dear little woman, will you believe
me, fetched n shawl from her work basket,
and arranging it turban fashion, placed it on
the lounge-yes, lounge! Think of it, n lounge
i'll tho kitchen! And it is n positive fact that
she patted that gobbler on the head and
showed him the nest she had made, and by
George, il be didn't get up OH the lounge and
lay an egg in that shawl. I'll swear to it.
Iii be hn-; we'll, lie did it, anyhow.
"By and by, when Marie had looked Mt the
biscuit for the tenth time, u hen came in cry
ing 'car-cnr-car-car-car ca-ca-c -car-r-r'
Bring Elias nest, George said the good
housewife
George dashed away and got n last sum-
mers poke bonnet which he placed, bottom
up, on the lounge. Ella watched every move
menu, and when the bonnet was ready, i'll she
hopped. In two minutes she got out of it us
if snake had bitten hcr. What un unenrthly
racket she did raisel 'Kuc-kuc-kuc-n, kuc-
kuc-kuc-a, kuc-kuc- -kuc-a- -tekuc-a -tekuc-kuc-a a
and away She scampered looked into
the bonnet and found u fresh egg.
"Before tho biscuit were well Drowned. n
turkey hen came in and laid her head in
Marie's lap.
"'Run, get Madge's basket, George, DEAR
George, dear, did as ho was bid, and by
the time the biscuit were done there was a
third egg laid in tho kitchen. Tho turkeys
didn't make any fuss about it either Marie
has ono hen that positively refuses to lay any
where except OH her and Georges he'd. She
hangs around the room until the bed is made
up, when she takes her place just where tho
pillows meet. When sho goes away she sings:
'Lay-an-egg-a-day go-ba-foot.'"
"Charles," said one of the artists auditors,
"are you sure the gobbler laid an egg!"
" don't know anything about it's being a
gobbler I'm not up in the poultry line.
Marie said it was gobbler and George didn't
correct her. And anyway tho things nane
is Dick."-New York Tribune